Mechanical device for separating a workpiece part from a scrap skeleton

A mechanical device for separating a workpiece part provided as a processing product of a cutting processing of a plate-type workpiece from a scrap skeleton provided as a further processing product of the workpiece cutting processing under an effect of gravity from a combined product comprising the scrap skeleton and the workpiece part, the mechanical device comprising:

• a holding device, a separating unit, and a product deposit area,
• the holding device being configured for immobilization, effective in a direction of gravity, of the combined product before separation of the workpiece part, and for immobilization, effective in the direction of gravity, of the scrap skeleton after separation of the workpiece part,
• the separating unit being configured to detach the workpiece part from the combined product immobilized by the holding device, and
• the product deposit area being arranged at a vertical distance below the combined product immobilized by the holding device and being configured for deposition of the workpiece part detached from the combined product by the separating unit under the effect of gravity,
• the mechanical device further comprising a distance-adjusting device configured to set the vertical distance between the product deposit area and the combined product immobilized by the holding device as a function of a geometry of the workpiece part detached from the combined product.